Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-11-08
WHAT AMERICAN ANARCHISTS DE-
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ers of their kind in this country demand.
1t is difficult to answer indeed not salts
factorily. possible. These precious rascals
themselves scarcely know what they want,
except beer, idleness and plenty without
labor. The idea has pervaded all religions,
says Lavelye, that there must be destruc-
ton of all things mundane as a condition
precedent to regeneration. The way to
new earth and new heaven has been pro-
claimed for ages to be through the prostra-
ton of all things upon this sphere, and
their purification-for want of better
term-by destruction. The same reasoner
says that the Anarchists of our time, de-
nying the existence of a Deity, propose to
take the matter of destruction into their
own hands, and General Bryce, in consid-
ering that statement in a recent essay,
concludes that Layelye's judgment of
Anarchist promptings and aims are correct.
That writer, however, thinks the anarch-
ism we are now confronting is an interme-
date stage in Internationalism. That
name was born of trade-unionism, and re-
ceived its first impetus from the Interna-
tional Exhibition of London in 1862
Internationalism, says General Bryce
who has more concisely than many stated
the case, had for its aim the drawing of all
nations into one vast trade union; but, as
Hepworth Dixon showed in his "History
Of the Internationale," the seeds of disrup-
ton were sown at the very start-the men
Of different nationalities could not agree
upon the means for the attainment of the
end. That is, French, English and Rus
sian ideas of proceeding proved non -assim-
liable.
The Nihilists rejected the idea of one
state managing the affairs of the world,
and so went to the other extreme of de-
claring for no management at all. They
would have simply nothing" Later,
however, they have agreed in Russia upon
demand for constitutional government,
at least for temporary purposes. Behind
this, however, there is reason to believe
there is the same hope that inspires the
sincere Anarchist-the destruction of all
present social systems and the erection of a
new order, in which personal rights, as we
recognize them in our Declaration of In
dependence, shall be unknown, and
the whole, so to speak, shall alb
serb all individuality. As General
Bryce puts it, the Internationale would
have one state for all, the Anarchist
would have no state for any. But after
all, he thinks the latter the logical Sc
quence of the former doctrine, since it
would be impossible for one government to
serve all the countries of the world.
Nostag is quoted to show the absurdity
OF the lnternationale doctrine of a part
less government made up of formless COM
munes, government without seat or
limbs, or power to enforce its DEGREES
Nostag sneered at the idea of nationality.
saying: Nations, countries, are no longer
more than words. Nationality, the result
OF birth, is an evil" In this country and
this present year, our Anarchists pronounce
the stars and stripes "A suit of prison
stripes; Presidents unyarnished kings;.p
law, thing to be destroyed; order, restraint
OF human rights; all government, some
species ofdespotism no matter what its form:
the marriage relation an arbitrary decree
binding where there should be absolute
freedom; parentage a mere incident of
perpetuating the species, and not to in
volve responsibilities. "Stab the law
cried Fielden, at the Haymarket, May 4,
1886" "kill it, stab it till it lives no
more; it is badge of slavery. Anarchy
IS Eden, anarchy is Paradise; freedom to
do, to come, to go, to live, to die, take and
use without law or decree, and cast away,
that is freedom indeed"
"All Governments are domineering pow
ers," says the Alarm, an Anarchist organ
OF Chicago. By making ourselves mas
tiers of the use of dynamite we can admin
lister instant death to any and every person
'cho attempts to continue to claim personal own-
ership IN anything. Our war is not against |
men, but against systems yet we must pre-
pare to kill men who try to defeat our |
cause. The rich are only worse than the |
poor because they have more power to
WELD this internal property right. Hail
to the Revolution, Dynamite. Nothing
but an uprising of the people, and burst
ing open of all stores and storehouses to
the free access of the public, and free ap
plication of dynamite to every one who
opposes, will relieve the world of this in
fernal nightmare of property and wages.
Assassination properly applied is
wise, just, humane and brave"
The anarchist, another of the Chicago |
organs says: "All government we hate.
He who would war successfully must equip
himself with all implements adapted to
destroy his opponents. We
strive toward the overthrow of the exist
ing order of things
Parsons, one of the Chicago Anarchis.
orators, and the most intellectual of the
lot, says: We need no President. no
congressman, no police, no militia, and ne
Judges. Rise and let us exterminate them
all. Woe to the police or militia they
send against u.s."
Engel, one of the condemned, said in the
And'chis, in opposing the eight-hour law
I" We reject reformatory measures as use
less play. All endeavors of the
working classes not aiming at the over
throw of existing conditions of ownership
are To us reactionary" Not only do these
Chicago reyolutienists preach destruction
of all ownership, but destruction of all na-
tionality, and they boldly proclaim love of
country. national pride, attachment to
land, to be morally criminal
Property ownership, ambition to ac-
quire, being destroyed and government
overthrow, the state of chaos August
Spies prayed for the night of the Hay
market massacre, would be at hand. and
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